Niccol Kording
Niccol Kording
Assistant Professor of Law
Degrees
- J.D. University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- B.A. University of Pittsburgh
Biography
Professor Kording joined the faculty in 2026 with extensive experience in legal education and expertise in legal writing, advocacy, family law, and bar examination skills. She has also mentored law review students and coached trial and appellate competition teams.
Kording’s scholarship addresses gender and family law issues, with a particular focus on parentage rights and responsibilities, the application of contract principles to prenuptial agreements, and surrogacy regulation, as well as the bar examination’s lack of accommodations for neurodiverse and English-as-a-second-language examinees.
Kording has spoken nationally and regionally on legal writing and advocacy, the bar examination, student learning, and parentage. Her professional affiliations include the Legal Writing Institute, the Association of Legal Writing Directors, and the Association of Academic Support Educators.
Before teaching, Kording practiced in Pennsylvania and California, handling civil matters, and served as appointed appellate counsel in criminal, juvenile, and dependency matters.
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Courses Taught
Applied Legal Theory and Analysis (ALTA)
Bar Exam Strategies
Critical Lawyering Skills in Social Context
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Selected Publications
Little White Lies That Destroy Children’s Lives: Recreating Paternity Fraud Laws to Protect the Children’s Interests, 6 J. L. & FAM. STUDIES 237 (U. Utah), Spring, 2005.
Nature v. Nurture: Children Left Fatherless and Family-less When Nature Prevails in Paternity Actions, 65 U. PITT. L. REV. 811, Summer 2004.
The Day the Family Dies: The Bald Eagle, DNA, and Money Privilege in Paternity Fraud Legislation and Common Law Paternity Decisions, 7 J. L. & SOCIAL CHANGE 50 (U. Penn.), Spring, 2003.
An Overview of Genetic Test Results in Federal Civil Actions: An Uncertain Destiny, 19 WHITTIER L. REV. 681, Spring 1998.
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Selected Presentations
Next-Gen UBE and Neurodivergence – LexCon’26 (Erica Lux, Antonia Miceli, Heather Varanini, Margaret Samadi, and Susan Landrum, co-presenters) (2026).
Pathways to Practice: What We All Need to Know – AASE National Conference (Carly Sassi, co-presenter) (2026).
Understanding the Next Gen UBE – Elisabeth Haub School of Law (Jill Gross, co-presenter) (2026).
Lessons from Disney on Student Conferences: Just Because It’s What’s Done Doesn’t Mean It’s What Should be Done – NECASP Conference (Stephanie Desiato and Danielle Kocal, co-presenters) (2023).
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: What Kevin Bacon Has to do with Legal Writing and Analysis – AASE National Conference (2023).
The Final Hurdle in Law Faculty Equity: Extending Tenure or 405(c) Protections to All Full-Time Faculty – NECASP Conference (2022).
IRAC/CRAC Strategy for the MBE, MPT, & MEE – Elisabeth Haub School of Law (2022).